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  • Back to school means back to overheated classrooms; members urge Gov. Hochul to sign heat bill 9/3/2024
  • Fact Sheet 24-8 Updates to Behavioral Interventions 7/9/2024
  • Schools turn to saunas as summer approaches 5/30/2024
  • NYSUT erects portable sauna to make lawmakers “feel the heat” 5/17/2024
  • Overheated: NYSUT assembles classroom heat report for legislators 9/28/2023
  • Soaring temps make classrooms unhealthy: What some school districts are doing to beat the heat 8/9/2023
  • NYSUT Health and Safety Fact Sheet: Lead in School Drinking Water 6/29/2023
  • Statement by NYSUT President Melinda J. Person on actions to shield students from wildfire smoke 6/7/2023
  • Addressing Indoor Air Quality in Schools 12/19/2022
  • SRPs forced to take the heat 12/14/2022
  • Unions press lawmakers for more higher ed mental health supports 11/30/2022
  • FACT SHEET: What AFT Members Need to Know to Protect Themselves from Polio 8/30/2022
  • Vestal school nurse, educators save eighth-grade student 5/4/2022
  • NYSUT statement on end of statewide mask requirement for schools 2/27/2022
  • With mask mandate in legal limbo, members strive for school safety and security 1/28/2022
  • NYSUT statement on masking in schools 1/25/2022
  • Bus drivers face stricter requirements 1/14/2022
  • NYSUT: Schools need more resources and guidance 1/6/2022
  • COVID-19 Booster Shots: What You Need to Know 12/21/2021
  • NYSUT statement on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new state COVID-19 mitigation policies for schools 8/24/2021
  • NYSUT statement on school reopening guidance 8/12/2021
  • NYSUT statement on mask guidance for K-12 schools 6/4/2021
  • Biennial conference gets 'back to basics' of workplace health and safety 5/25/2021
  • Workers Memorial Day honors lives lost in pandemic 4/27/2021
  • Union nurses take the lead in vaccinating their education colleagues 3/25/2021
  • NYSUT statement on CDC school social distancing guidance 3/19/2021
  • NYSUT launches statewide TV ad campaign on safe reopening of schools 3/9/2021
  • NYSUT statement on the federal American Rescue Plan 3/8/2021
  • Pro athletes do it... why can’t we? NYSUT and allies call for more COVID testing in schools 3/4/2021
  • NYSUT calls for more COVID testing in schools 3/4/2021
  • NYSUT statement on the confusion over in-person instruction in schools 2/25/2021
  • NYSUT statement on school COVID testing programs 2/17/2021
  • CDC schools guidance reaffirms need for COVID testing programs 2/12/2021
  • NYSUT statement on state COVID vaccination plans 1/8/2021
  • The COVID-19 Vaccine: Here's What We Know 12/23/2020
  • The COVID-19 Vaccine: Distribution Information and Resources 12/23/2020
  • School bus safety week showcases role of bus drivers 10/20/2020
  • Orleans-Niagara BOCES TA files complaint charging unsafe school reopening 9/18/2020
  • COVID-19 Transmission Facts and Face Mask Breaks 9/11/2020
  • New York State must ‘fund our future’ and stop school funding cuts 9/10/2020
  • NYSUT prepares legal action, calls on state leaders to stop cuts to schools 9/9/2020
  • NYSUT demands full funding for public schools and colleges 8/19/2020
  • Protecting classrooms with ventilation 8/17/2020
  • NYSUT poll: 81 percent of union members say health and safety should drive school reopening 8/6/2020
  • FAQ: Reopening Public Schools 8/6/2020
  • WEBINAR: How to Use Ventilation to Protect the School Community 8/6/2020
  • NYSUT and UFT demand clear statewide policy for building shutdown, tracing, quarantine protocols in the event of positive COVID-19 cases in schools 8/5/2020
  • NYSUT and GNCUT call for clear state guidance for positive COVID-19 cases in schools 7/30/2020
  • How to Organize Your Health and Safety Committee 7/9/2020
  • Registration now open for new webinar on 'Coronavirus and Communicable Disease in the Workplace' 6/15/2020